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Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: ServiceTitan, Mission Produce, Chime Financial and more
9 Sep 2026
Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading. ServiceTitan — The software provider’s stock tumbled 19% after posting current-quarter revenue guidance that came in slightly below analyst forecasts. However, ServiceTitan surpassed Wall Street consensus estimates…
Read moreThe most active managers in almost a decade are trailing the ASX
9 Sep 2026
Australian active managers have had a horror run this year, wrong-footed by a relentless rally in the ASX’s biggest companies that has left the industry on track to record its highest rate of underperformance in…
Read moreThe push to allow IPOs to buy back shares to prop up prices
ASIC is keen to help Australia’s listed markets along, which is good for the country. Its first two changes – surprisingly made at only the halfway point of a broader review into public and private…
S&P 500 snaps record-breaking rally paced by megacap techs
US stocks lost ground, albeit modestly, on Friday (Saturday AEST) after President Donald Trump made clear that he will continue to threaten allies and foes with higher tariffs, reviving uncertainty about what lies ahead. Higher…
ASX to open lower; miners shield ASX from trade war
The Australian sharemarket is set to open lower, but an unexpected revival in iron ore prices is helping to cushion it from US President Donald Trump’s latest tariff shocks, propelling a rotation away from Commonwealth…
Dow futures drop nearly 200 points after Trump slaps 30% tariff on Mexico and the EU: Live updates
U.S. equity futures slid on Sunday evening as Wall Street contends with continued tariff risks and second-quarter earnings on deck. S&P 500 futures lost 0.4%, while Nasdaq 100 futures dropped 0.5%. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 183…
INVESTMENT COMMITTEE INSIGHTS – Sharpening Strategy, Enhancing Execution [July 2025]
At Pacific Private Asset Management, we believe transparency and continuous improvement are cornerstones of our investment process. On July 11, our Investment Committee convened to review business progress, fine-tune model portfolio implementation, and align on…
Activist investor Standard Investments halves stake in Johnson Matthey after major overhaul
Activist investor Standard Investments has halved its stake in London-listed Johnson Matthey after a six-month campaign that forced the British specialty chemicals company into a major overhaul. Standard’s total holding fell to 4.75% from a previously disclosed…
Santos bidder could walk away from $36.4b bid, Macquarie desk warns
Macquarie’s sales desk in Hong Kong has told clients the Abu Dhabi government-backed oil company which has lobbed a $36.4 billion takeover bid for Santos could walk away to avoid embarrassment because Treasurer Jim Chalmers…
CBA teams up with JPMorgan for blockchain-led funding market trials
Three major banks have signed up to trial digital payment and settlement systems as part of a Reserve Bank of Australia-led project to test how blockchain infrastructure could improve transaction processing. Commonwealth Bank will work…
ASX to rise; S&P 500 resets record; bitcoin tops $US116k
The Australian sharemarket is set to open higher, tracking modest gains in New York where the S&P 500 reset its record high as it edged closer to the 6300-point level. The benchmark closed up 0.3…
Stock futures are flat after S&P 500, Nasdaq rally to new closing records: Live updates
U.S. equity futures were little changed Thursday evening after investors continued piling into risk assets, sending the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite to new closing records. Futures tied to the benchmark S&P 500 edged higher by 0.04%. Nasdaq…